by FastNetMon | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog
It may be tempting to think of DDoS detection and mitigation as being an enterprise-only requirement. But as 40% of all cybersecurity events are now caused by distributed denial of service attacks, all businesses are at risk of disruption. As a result, all small and...
by FastNetMon | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog
Effective network security can be reduced to two goals; keeping unauthorised users out and keeping sensitive data in. But as IT systems continue to evolve, particularly in the era of the cloud, the strategies and techniques to achieve these twin goals must also...
by FastNetMon | Oct 24, 2023 | Blog
Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are a significant risk to businesses of any size. One study found that recovering from a DDoS attack costs between $120,000 and $2m (£93,000 – £1.55m) depending on the size of the company affected. Most of this cost...
by FastNetMon | Oct 24, 2023 | Blog
Carpet bombing DDoS attacks are an increasingly common form of cybercrime because they are harder to detect and block than a traditional targeted attack. However, FastNetMon provides powerful configuration options to help you identify and defend your systems. What is...
by FastNetMon | Oct 24, 2023 | Blog
The increased severity and sophistication of DDoS attacks means that network security administrators need a collection of tools to mitigate risk. One effective option to reduce malicious traffic is the use of a cloud-based DDoS scrubbing service. But under the...
by FastNetMon | Oct 24, 2023 | Blog
First used in 2016, the Mirai botnet is old news. Built by two university students, the IoT-powered botnet was initially used to extort money from games server hosts. A few months later Mirai was used to launch one of the largest DDoS attacks ever seen against...
